President Donald Trump, celebrating the 100-day sign of his second term of office with his cabinet, acknowledged the tariff could mean a higher price for Americans, but it seemed to ignore the impact on American families, including on children’s toys.
“You know, someone says, ‘Oh, the shelf will open.’ Well, maybe children will have two dolls, not 30 dolls, “Trump said on Wednesday.
“You know, and maybe the two dolls will cost more than a few dollars than usual,” continued the President. “But, we don’t talk about something we have to do.”
Trump continues to claim Americans do not “need” many products imported from China, the second largest economy in the world and the third largest trade partner of the United States.
Deputy Chief of Staff of the White House Stephen Miller, who joined the Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt at a special briefing on Thursday morning, believes that Americans will be willing to pay more for American dolls.
“He was making the point that I think almost every American Consumer Agreees with, which is if they had a choices between a – and I’m a parent of Young Children – a Choice between a doll from China that Might Have, say, Lead Paint in It, that is not as well construcucted as a Doll made in America, that has a higher environmental and regulatory standard, and that is made to a higher degree of quality, and that two products are both on amazon that that, you probably would be willing to pay more for a better american product, “Miller said.
President Donald Trump spoke during a cabinet meeting at the White House, 30 April 2025, in Washington.
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Trump’s comments about dolls came a day after he pushed back economic anxiety in an exclusive interview with ABC News.
“The difficult times in front?” ABC News anchors and senior national correspondent Terry Moran asked the President.
“I don’t think it’s,” Trump answered. “I think the beautiful times ahead.”
Trump defended his tariff plans-which included special levies on steel, aluminum and cars, 10% baseline tariffs on almost all trading partners and $ 145% tariffs on China-needed to fight unfair trade deficits with other countries.
He also believes that tax will increase in manufacturing because companies will invest to make their products in America.
But the launch of the corrugated tariff of the government removes trillions of wealth when the market falls. Business continues to warn the possibility of price increases and potential products due to levies. Trump said on Wednesday night, during the city hall with the news, that he was not in a hurry to negotiate trade agreements.
Trump’s message for Americans who might have a concern for the prospect of a higher price and another economic impact is that they chose it – even though their promises were repeated in the campaign path to reduce prices on the 1st day of their government.
“With the economy, the number one problem for so many people, for almost everyone. This is – it is one of the main reasons for you to return to this office. And now we have this trade war with China that – that other moody and analysts will not make you American families will not have much dollar for you, tell this family. So how do you answer that worry?” ABC’s Moran asked Trump.
“Well, they registered for that, actually. And this is what I campaign,” Trump answered. “I say that we have been harassed by other countries at a level that has never been seen before … I can leave it like that, and at a certain point, there will be an explosion like anyone who has never seen. But I say, ‘No, we must fix it.’ I – I want to do this for years. “
Deputy Chief of Staff of the White House Stephen Miller spoke next to the Press Secretary of the White House Karoline Leavitt during the Press Briefing at the White House in Washington, May 1, 2025.
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The President also repeatedly insisted that China would be hit harder in the trade war.
“You don’t know whether China will eat it or not,” Trump told ABC on Tuesday.
On Wednesday morning, the Department of Trade reported the US economy shrinking at an annual level of 0.3% during the first quarter of 2025.
Trump tried to fend off mistakes by pinning contractions in his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.
“This is the Biden stock market, not Trump,” he posted on his conservative social media site. (In January 2024, when Biden was still president, Trump took credit for a positive stock market and quoted a poll number that showed him in front of Biden).
Trump even first blamed Biden for the second quarter data too.
“This is Biden,” he said. “And you can even say the next quarter is a kind of Biden because it doesn’t just happen every day or every hour,” he said during his cabinet meeting on Wednesday.